#1: The Poverty Tour
Today, more than 45 million Americans live in poverty. The problem has been addressed countless times since the nation’s founding, but it persists, and for the poorest among us, it gets worse. America...
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#2: Who Deserves To Be Poor?
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View Article#3: Rags to Riches
In the third installment of our series, "Busted: America's Poverty Myths," we take on one of our country's most fundamental notions: that America is a land of equal opportunity and upward mobility for...
View Article#4: When the Safety Net Doesn't Catch You
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#5: Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Poverty in America Edition
When reporting on poverty, the media fall into familiar traps and pundits make prescriptions that disregard the facts. So, in the fifth and final installment of our series, "Busted: America's Poverty...
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